State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court denied the relator’s writ of mandamus and his request for statutory damages because he failed to demonstrate that the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction violated the Public Records Act for either of his two requests, while granting his motion to submit rebuttal evidence. The court held that a public office has no duty to provide records it does not possess and that directing a requester to the proper custodian satisfies the Act’s requirements.